The new small-town doctor needs a lesson in empathy. His fiery nurse — and the young son he never knew he had — are about to hand him one. Nurse Yvonne has fielded cruel gossip and rejection since giving birth to her precious daughter, with no daddy in sight. Now she’s ready to do battle with the clinic’s handsome new physician. However, Connor’s judgmental side is due for a shock: he has to take custody of a son he never knew about, a smart-talking, leather-jacketed four-year-old with attitude. He desperately needs Yvonne’s parenting help. Oh, and the doctor’s been guarding a different kind of secret. When it blows up, the town’s small-minded critics won’t know what hit them! Don’t miss this installment in USA Today bestselling author Jacqueline Diamond’s popular Downhome Doctors series. “I shed tears and was drawn into this town as if it could be my own hometown.”—Helen Slifer, Writers Unlimited.

Love with a proper stranger THE SECRET Gabriel Serrano had spent years trying to recover from the sins of the past. He lived quietly, raising his son, Brian—until a mysterious woman appeared on his doorstep. Suddenly history came tumbling back—and threatened to bury Gabriel in its wake. Madelyn St. James was a stranger, yet she arrived staking a claim to Gabriel's house—and, he feared, his soul. How much did she know about what had happened ten years ago? The quiet beauty seemed to offer salvation. But she was a temptation Gabriel didn't dare pursue….

WHO'S THE DADDY? IT'S A…DADDY? NAME: Darrick K. McKeon 6'2", 176 lbs. HAIR: black with a wave EYES: dark with a sparkle DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: GQ style, Wall Street savvy FIRST WORDS: "I can handle it." Or in this case—them? How had this happened? Darrick McKeon was the family's Mr. Fix It, the one who solved all the problems. But now he had a doozy of his own. Twin baby girls had been abandoned with no ID except their daddy's name: D. K. McKeon. Darrick's D.K., all right, but so are his brothers. One of them has to be the father. After all, he's the good brother—the one who always looks before he leaps. But then he remembers a certain mountaintop and a lovely, lissome pilot who landed him there…nine months ago.

Roxanne's husband, Parker Redman, is shocked when he's arrested for delinquent child support, especially since the devoted husband hasn't fathered any children. The Parkers' best friends, James and Serena, are in the final stages of a bitter divorce. Just when James thinks his nightmare is over, he learns his daughter has a different daddy. For the love of money, single mom Lachez Baker is a ghetto-fabulous mother of three who seems to have it all, thanks to money from her children's fathers. But soon, her life of designer clothes, endless parties, and steady cash collides with the man who's been the target of her carefully crafted paternity fraud. From author Pat Tucker comes a drama-filled tale of lies, schemes and consequences as these men discover the importance of knowing the paternity laws in your state.

A beautiful and lyrical celebration of fatherhood, My Dad reveals all the little things that one child’s dad does that make him the best dad in the world.

Broken generations are nothing new. Many of us are the healed product of broken parenting. Dysfunctional families are not a new phenomenon -- just a new word to describe an old issue. Perched on the periphery of our ideals as believers has always been the pain of brokenness, dysfunction and the God that calls chaos into order. Between these pages, you will hear the pains of broken people and the plans and possibilities of a better posterity. We can make a difference.